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P R E FA C EBefore you lies the research & design report, which is the result of theMasters of Urbanism Studio AR1U090, “Analysis and Design of the CityForm”, commissioned by the TU Delft.The focus of this course lies on the spatial form of the city. How toanalyse the city by just considering its spatial form? Take a look at thelandscape and its physical influence on the spatial development of thecity over times. How does the open space relate to the urban fabric?When developing a vision, use only spatial aspects, almost ignoringeconomic or social influences. Zooming in to the spacial aspects givesenough guidelines to design a qualitive masterplan.Use these different scales and see what influence they have on eachother. The masterplan can give new input for the vision. With thosesubjects can be learned to deal with one of the most important lessonsin urbanism: working through scales.Special thanks to Steffen Nijhuis PhD-can. for his contribution and in-put he had in the project, tutoring us through the Research and DesignStudio.Robin BoelsumsRuud HoekstraRichard de RuiterQiu YeNovember 1st, 20104 zipping the scattered city

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A IB S T R A C T T TELThe first settlements of Haarlem developed in the 13th century on thesandbanks along the river Spaarne. In the following centuries Haarlemdeveloped by the underlying landscape. In the beginning of the 20th the green carpet. Hereby a logical connection to the surrounding bor-century infrastructure became more and more important, by the com- ders/patches is shaped.ing of the railroad and highways. Haarlem grew towards and along this Sight lines make a connection north – south to the surrounding patchesinfrastructure, until 1960. Schalkwijk became part of Haarlem and its and physic connections are created by slow grey structures in the formdevelopment, and also the North and Waarderpolder were detatched of bicycle and pedestrian routes.from both the landscape and the infrastructure. Functional inner courts in the dwelling area with car parking and back- yards result in streets free of car parking. These strengthen the greenBased on this analysis can be concluded that there is a wide variety of carpet as a whole.urban fabrics. This can be a quality but it can also cause fragmenta-tion in a bad sense. To remain and improve this quality of diversity, is Schipholweg - For the Schipholweg is a vision developed, aiming toa structure needed to structurise the city of Haarlem. The open spaces connect the northern part of Schalkwijk with the city-landscape. Thein between of the urban fabrics are the focus points. There is a lot of space between the Schipholweg and the Boerhaavelaan is zipping thepotential to transform these spaces into transition zones from one to city with the landscape by new and improved connections of green-the other urban patch. structure and slow & fast infrastructure.The open spaces -in which the Spaarne, Schipholweg and Amster-damseweg are eleborated - can be the zippers to zip the scattered citytogether.Spaarne South - This zone is reorganised as a “green carpet” of theSpaarne zone which is one of the structures of Haarlem. The goal isto complete the present landscape and improve its relationship withsurroundings. The approach is to permeate the lanscape and createmore view spots in dwelling areas, and maximize the visable angel oflandscape from the neighbourhood.Spaarne North - A vision on this zone was developed, aiming for a goodrelation of both riverbanks with the water. Creating this relation, thewater turns into a transition zone that enables a relation between theEast and West urban patch. In the more detailed zoomed in masterplancan be seen how this relation was created: sight lines to the water, aroad along the water and buildings along the bank for instance.Amsterdamseweg - This zone is based on the vision of pin nailing agreen carpet to its surroundings. By adding a strong tree structure theopen space patches of east and west are connected.By redefining the fast grey infrastructures, making the railway trackunderground and distracting high density traffic around the zone, thebase conditions for a green carpet are created.The borders of the zone determine which program should come into zipping the scattered city 5

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INTRODUCTIONHaarlem is one of the most beautiful old cities of the Netherlands, posi-tioned in the provence of North Holland. It consists of 150,000 inhabit-ants and that makes it a medium sized city in this country. Its attractive,monumental centre is famous and with its location close to Amsterdamand the coastline, it attracts both foreign and inland tourists.Are there actually problems in Haarlem? Is there anything that can beimproved by urbanists? Out of the analysis should emerge the improve-ments that can be made by urbanists, by considering its spatial aspects.The analysis contains the growth of Haarlem. Based on the conclusionsindept research on open space can be formed. The research gives suf-ficient input to develop a vision on the entire city. In the vision dif-ferent envelopes can be defined that ask for redevelopment. On fourenvelopes will be zoomed in to formulate its more specified vision andmasterplan.To conclude, the four envelop visions will provide new input to refinethe vision on the city of Haarlem.6 zipping the scattered city

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A N A LY S I S H A A R L E M I N T H E R E G I O N H H A A U U DH DH R R Train network Motor network Spatial form of surrounded cities Haarlem is situated in the Northwest wing of the Randstad, surrounded by big sized cities: economical (financial hart Amsterdam) or infrastructural (Schiphol) and political (the Hague). In this surrounding Haarlem could take a position as a recreational city (for tourists). It can also take the position of a dwelling area for people who work in Amsterdam. In this way Haarlem takes part in the bigger region and can benefit from that.8 zipping the scattered city

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S O IE L O F H A A R L E M TIT LThe elongated shape (7000 by 1800 m) of the city Haarlem is determinedby geographical conditions. The forming of the landscape started 12,000years ago. Due to a relatively short period of increasing temperaturethe ice caps and glaciers, that much of the northern and western partof Europe covered, began to melt.The relatively shallow bowl (tundra plain) between England and theNetherlands began filling with water, now called the North Sea. Around7,000 years before the beginning of our era, came an end to a graduallyrising sea level. Wind and seas supplied large amounts of sand, makingsand barriers. In this elongated, parallel spaced sand banks the windthrew meters high dunes which eventually formed a closed coastline,in some places interrupted by estuaries.The oldest, most eastern shoreline is the sandbank on which Spaarn-woude would arise. When this shoreline was formed a new shorelinestarted to arise. On this second sandbank Schoten, Haarlem and Heem-stede were founded.On the third shoreline Santpoort, Bloemendaal, Hillegom and Lisse werefounded. These so-called ancient dunes should not be confused withthe dozens of meters high dunes between The Hague and Den Helder.These young dunes arise in the eleventh and twelfth century and arenow part of the dune landscape of The Netherlands and function as adefensive wall for the seawater. young dunes 11th, 12th century old dunes 12.000 years ago Haarlem zipping the scattered city 9

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GROWTH OF HAARLEM ?16th century One of the six biggest cities of the Netherlands 17th century Third city of the Netherlands 55,000 inhabitants. 1559 Establishment of the Bisdom of Haarlem. 1635-1637 Pest-plague: ¼ of inhabitants died 1573 Spanish siege: fall of the fortress Haarlem: the siege of Haar- lem. 1800 Inhabitants back to 20,000 1576 City fire: ¼ of the city destroyed because of the fire. 19th century Fortresses replaced by public gardens. 1577 Spaniards are leaving after the agreement of Veere. 1839 First train between Haarlem and Amsterdam. 1622 40,000 inhabitants. 1843 Railroad between Haalem and Leiden. 1631 Connection with Amsterdam by a boat canal. 1895-1930 Build of Cathedral Sint Bavo, Neo Byzantijns, architect Cuypers 12 zipping the scattered city

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S T R AT E G YConclusion Looking at this historical development we can see that there is Method Now that is clear what direction the research is heading towards, a wide variety of urban patches. This variety can be a quality, the method can be defined. but it can also cause fragmentation in a negative sense. How First step is to take a closer look at the open space. What are can we make certain that this diversity is a quality and that it the potentialities? Based on that we can develop a city vision does not make Haarlem a scattered city? for Haarlem. Goal We need to add structure to the city, that is our goal. In this plan envelopes can be defined, that ask for attention. There is a lot of potential in the open spaces. They seperate We will individualy zoom in on four of the envelopes to make a Tool the urban patches from each other and could be used to add more detailed vision and masterplan. structure to the city. These spaces can then be a transition zone between the diverse urban fabrics. As a metaphor the open spaces can be the zipper that zip the scattered city together. 18 zipping the scattered city

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R E S E A R C H O P E N S PA C EOpen space is defined as the space that is unbuilt or relatively lowdensed. The urban patches in between, are the relatively high densedareas. What can be found in these spaces? How do they relate to theedges of the urban patches around?We take a look at the green structue and its functions, and the waterfunctions. Furthermore we investigate the crossings on the infrasctruc-ture, and the building typologies on the edges that are shown in theright figure. zipping the scattered city 19

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T I AT E R & G R E E N WTELWa t e r G re e n A M A M North North LEGEND LEGEND General General Sandlandscape A Sandlandscape Greenlandscape Greenlandscape Water Water Railway Railway Buildings Buildings Water Water Banks accesible, plus function Banks accesible, plus function Banks accesible, plus function Banks accesible, plus function Terrace zone Terrace zone M Marina The greenMarina A struc- M Waterways A Waterways Water treatment ture of Haarlem is Water treatment Restore view on Spaarne divided into view on Spaarne Restore four Water storage (search area) Living on the water (search area) types of green: the water (search area) city Water storage (search area) Living on Green green; Green struc- tree City green ture; peat meadowCity green & suburban meadow & suburban area area; Tree structure Tree structure Peat meadow & suburban area Peat Provincial Ecological Mainstructure and a provincial Mainstructure Provincial Ecological Parks, Cemeteries, Intensive recreational area, Urban green features e c o l o g i c aParks,m a i nfeatures recreational l Cemeteries, Intensive area, Urban green Sports Grounds structure. This green Sports Grounds Protect and/or develop as an important Protect and/or develop as an important natural feature structure has several featuresnatural feature Event terrain Event terrain Extinsive living that devides the green area into Extinsive living City camping different fragments. There areCity camping Windmills protected areas and other areas have a recreational or sport function. Windmills New sport and / or educational function New sport and / or educational function This distribution ensures that the green structure is not always easyLooking at the water, a diversity of functions can be seen. Next to regular Protect Bird-area Protect Bird-area A Allotments accessible for people. In order to improve the accessibility, Aso Allotments peoplewater ways, a water treatment plant can be found. Also different search Infrastructure can make best use of the green qualities of the city, new slow infra- Infrastructureareas form water storage are present. Some areas have been protected, Bridge B B Bridge 500 500 m 1 km T Tunnel structure connections are created. This route leads to contact with the 500 m 500 m 1 km T Tunnelurbanists cannot change anything there. Scale 2 km C Crossing 2 km Scalevarious green structures of the city. When the green structure of the C CrossingThe last function that can be found is living on water. A very interest- Direction Direction Haarlem Haarlemfunctions, will the city attract new residents and tourists, because citying one, because it is a transition zone between open and built space. Stampposition Typology Typology of the increasing cultural and tourist value. Stampposition 6 Profile-section 6 Profile-section20 zipping the scattered city

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INFR ASTRUC TURE & T YPOLOGY Profile Spaarne - Buitenspaarne 7 15 North 6 8 Profile Spaarne - Spaarne (3) 14 LEGEND 5 General Sandlandscape 4 Greenlandscape 9 Water 3 13 Railway Buildings 2 Water Banks accesible, plus function Profile Spaarne - Spaarndamseweg (5) Banks accesible, plus function Terrace zone M Marina 10 Waterways 1 Water treatment Restore view on Spaarne Water storage (search area) Living on the water (search area)I n f r a s t r u c t u re 12 Green City green Profile Spaarne - Spaarndamseweg2 (6) 11 Tree structureIn the direction the in-frastructure leads to, it Peat meadow & suburban area Provincial Ecological Mainstructure Ty p o l o g ymostly creates a good Parks, Cemeteries, Intensive recreational area, Urban green features The study shows the relation of the building typologies to the openconnec tion. Crossing Sports Grounds space. By research in profiles and typology stamps the following questions Protect and/or develop as an importantt h e s e i n f ra s t r u c t u ra l natural featurelines can be a problem Event terrain Extinsive living can be asked:and can cause fragmen- City camping Is there grey infrastructure (oneProfile Vondelwegways, four ways) in between way, two (7)tation. This depends on how the road is designed: is it a one way, two Windmills and / or educational function and does it cause fragmentation? Is the connection to the open space New sportway, four way or bicycle or pedestrian route? It also depends on how Protect Bird-area hard (cay) or soft (slope, nature)? Is the connection to the open spacethe crossings are designed: bridges, tunnels or flat crossings. A Allotments physical long or short? What are the weaknesses, strengths and op- InfrastructureGathering this information can point out where new transitions have B Bridge portunities to relate the typology to the open space? Looking at theto be made. Where are opportunities to cross and where to create a T Tunnel 500 m 500 m 2 km 1 km pictures above, the answers can be seen. The typologies consists of abetter flow of grey infrastructure? Scale C Crossing lot of different combinations in these mentioned subjects, which cre- ates a diverse urban landscape.Profile Spoor-Jan P.C.straat (13) DirectionWith the relation to open space in mind interventions can be designed Haarlem Typologybased on this analysis. Stampposition 6 Profile-section zipping the scattered city 21

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O P E N S PA C EIt can be concluded that not only the urban fabric shows a lot of di-versity, also the open space is really diverse. The diversity of green andwater functions shows that there is a great potential of making relations Afrom the urban fabric towards these functions. Zooming in we can takea closer look on these relations to create the envelop visions.On first sight the crossings over the infrastructure look sufficient. Whenzooming in we can refine this statement.The urban fabric is at this day still very diverse, so this creates opportu-nities to have a good look at the transistion between them. It creates a 7 A Mgood quality of an interesting urban environment. But it can also causesfragmentation on a city scale, if there is not a good structure made. 15 North 6 8 14 LEGEND 5 General A 4 Sandlandscape Greenlandscape 9 Water 3 13 Railway Buildings 2 Water Banks accesible, plus functi Banks accesible, plus functi Terrace zone M Marina A A 10 Waterways 1 Water treatment Restore view on Spaarne Water storage (search area) 12 Living on the water (search Green City green 11 Tree structure Peat meadow & suburban a Provincial Ecological Mains Parks, Cemeteries, Intensive area, Urban green features Sports Grounds Protect and/or develop as a natural feature Event terrain Extinsive living City camping Windmills New sport and / or educati Protect Bird-area A Allotments Infrastructure B Bridge 500 m 500 m 1 km 2 km T Tunnel Scale C Crossing Direction Haarlem Typology22 zipping the scattered city 6 Stampposition Profile-section

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VISION HAARLEM Parks, Cemeteries, Intensive recreational area, Urban green features Sports Grounds Protect and/or develop as an important LEGEND natural feature Event terrain Extinsive living General Sandlandscape City camping Greenlandscape Windmills Water New sport and / or educational function Railway Protect Bird-area Buildings A Allotments Water Infrastructure A M Banks accesible, plus function B Bridge Banks accesible, plus function T Tunnel Terrace zone C Crossing Direction M Marina Waterways Typology Water treatment Envelope Stampposition Restore view on Spaarne 6 Profile-section Under construction Water storage (search area) Zoom-in area Living on the water (search area) Envelope Connections Green Connecting Haarlem Under construction North with Open Space City green Zoom-in area Connecting waterbanks Tree structure along Spaarne Connections Peat meadow & suburban area Haarlem Connection waarderpolder Connecting with Open Space North with Open Space Provincial Ecological Mainstructure Connecting Haarlem and Connecting waterbanks Parks, Cemeteries, Intensive recreational Heemstede by Open Space along Spaarne area, Urban green features A Connecting Schalkwijk Connection waarderpolder Sports Grounds with Open Space with Open Space Protect and/or develop as an important and Connecting Open Connecting Haarlem natural feature Space with another Heemstede by Open Space Event terrain Connecting Dunelandscape City entrances Connecting Schalkwijk with Polderlandscape with Open Space Extinsive living Connecting Dunelandscape NS Station Connecting Open City camping with Polderlandscape Space with another Windmills Connecting Dunelandscape City entrances with Polderlandscape New sport and / or educational function 500 m 500 m 1 km Connecting Dunelandscape NS Station Protect Bird-area with Polderlandscape 2 km A Allotments Scale Infrastructure B Bridge 500 m 500 m 1 km Haarlem 2 kmHaarlemTconsists Scale variety of urban patches. These patches are a Tunnel of a a ‘zipper’: a transition zone that connects the patches to a united whole.result ofChistorical development in landscape, infrastructure and de- Crossing Direction Haarlemtatched areas. Next to that, there are a lot of open spaces in between Due to chaining the open spaces a strong structure arises. This structure canwith a Typologyof program. variety consist of different spatial qualities. The challenge is to create a good transitionThe open space can give structure to these patches, it can function as Stampposition zone from one urban patch, to the open space, and to the other urban patch. 6 Profile-section zipping the scattered city 23

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ENVELOPES Zone 1 Jan Gijzenkade The areas of the old football stadium of FC Haarlem and other sport functions along the Jan Gijzenkade have the potential for a new devel- opment area for dwelling and reorganisation of the sport facilities. In a green environment, a new living environment develops. Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 2 Green zone North The Northern green zone has a protected and recreational function. The protected area is a breading place for birds. The recreational func- tion is provided with windmills. The connections as the accessibility of both areas can be improved in a way that they are accessible for slow Zone 3 infrastructure, cyclists and pedestrians. Zone 3 Spaarne North Zone 4 The Spaarne North zone consists of two urban patches with a river in between: in the East a light industrial area and in the West a dwelling Zone 5 area. Due to demolishment and fallow land there is a possibility to do interventions which relate the areas to the Spaarne river. Also by in- terventions on a more zoomed in scale -sightlines to the water, a road along the water and buildings faced to the water- the zone can develop as a transition zone and improve the East –West connection. Zone 7 Zone 6 Zone 4 Railway node West The area has the potential to relocate the NS Prorail facility along the Schipholweg. By relocating this function to this area, it provides new development space along the Schipholweg for housing and commercial Zone 8 programme. Zone 9 Zone 5 Amsterdamseweg The Amsterdamseweg zone is the primary entrance of Haarlem. By the relocation of the NS Prorail facility a large space along the Amsterdam- Jan Gijzenkade seweg close to the inner city comes free. Distraction of the existing high Zone 1 Reorganization green functions densed grey structures trough the zone creates circumstances which Green zone North Zone 2 Connect with other greenzones are suitable for dwelling and commercial development. By replacing Spaarne North the railway track underground and distractiing the high densed traffic Zone 3 New development area/Relation with water the area can develop as a transition zone in East – West and in North Railway Knot West Zone 4 Relocated NS Prorail – South direction. Amsterdamseweg Zone 5 Reorganize the Profile/Program/Connections Green zone East Zone 6 Green zone East Zone 6 Connect with other green zones The green zone is the connection between the northern and southern Zone 7 Schipholweg New develop area Program/Connections green zones. By creating a ‘landscape bridge’ in the North to connect Spaarne South both parts together and making new slow infrastructure bridge over the Zone 8 New development area Schipholweg a continuous routing trough the green zones of Haarlem Green zone South Zone 9 Connect with other greenzones is established24 zipping the scattered city

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ENVELOPESZone 7 Schipholweg Chosing four envelopesThe Schipholweg zone is the secondary entrance of Haarlem. By design- Due to the fact that each one of the group will elaborate oneing the area the zone can connect the northern part of Schalkwijk with of the envelopes, a decision needs to be made how to choose whichthe city landscape to the north side of the Schipholweg. The designed ones will be elaborated. The zones with the highest priority are thearea between the Schipholweg and the Boerhaavelaan can zip these ones surrounded by urban patches, so zone 3, 5 and 7. These can re-three patches together by new and improved connections of green ally prevent Haarlem from being scattered. The rest of the zones arestructure and slow and fast infrastructure. In this way the Schipholweg positioned on the edges of the city.also becomes an interesting entrance of Haarlem. Furthermore the district Schalkwijk is an important part, because it is built as an isolated part of Haarlem. This gives priority to zone 7, 8 andZone 8 Spaarne South 9, in which 8 is the most important one since it relates to both Schalk-The Spaarne South zone consists of three patches: the Spaarne River, wijk and Heemstede.a green area and a dwelling area. The zone can develop a connectionfor Schalkwijk towards its surroundings and towards the entire chain of With this information we can state that the zones with the highest pri-open spaces. By creating buildings in the border area that face to the ority are: Spaarne South (8), Spaarne North (3), Amsterdamseweg (5)Spaarne the zone can develop as a green garden for this neighbour- and Schipholweg (7).hood. Also sightlines can help to establish the connection towards the Moreover these envelopes are the most complex ones. They consist ofSpaarne. wide waterways, a large green area, and the most important infrastruc- tures. If these four zones are developed, the hardest task is finished andZone 9 Green zone South the rest of the zones can follow from these designs.The southern green zone has a protected and water storage function.The protected area is a breading place for birds. The water storage areais reserved for extreme water conditions. The connections as the acces-sibility of both areas can be improved in a way that they are accessiblefor slow infrastructure: cyclists and pedestrians. With all the new con-nections and entrance to the green zone it makes that the green zone isbecoming one whole. A M A zipping the scattered city 25

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T I TaEaLr n e S o u t h SpMASTERPLAN SPORTS The Site DWELLING PARK TRANSFORM INTRODUCTION My site is an “green finger” in Schalkwijk, which is the only green left along the spaarne river. As the main structure of the city, i think it should be kept as green as it can, which not only completes the lanscape structure but also could be quanlity of the neighbourhood. CONCEPT From the filed trip I find out that this ares is seperated by three functions, which are sports area, dwelling area and park. Each area is very closed to itself and hard to access. My goal is to reorgnaize this area by mix up these functions and create more see through angels for other parts of Schalkwijk. By doing these, people lives in schalkwijk can better enjoy the Spaarne river. Meanwhile, the relationship between lanscape and other city fabrics will be improved.28 zipping the scattered city

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Spaarne SouthSPACIAL ANALYSIS GREEN TYPOLOGY Schalkwijk has a long history of being a fame land of Haarlemmermeer. The Site Its development of dwelling starts in 1980s, after it becomes part of Haar- Original lem. The building in this area is mainly joint-house, however, there are Spaarne some independent houses along the river, which creates variety relation- ships between landscape and building. There are three type of green relationships, which I think could be prob- lems: Along the river Fall back and leave Space for green NO ACCESS XENOPHOBIC TOO WILD There several joint-houses Th e j o i nt- h o u s e i s t h e It is said that Netherlands seperate the buildings social value near the sports yard, but identit y of Schalk wijk , enjoy nature landscape, create more visiable angles economic value the entrances of this side most of them have their but do they really? One are blocked. There is only own public space. The interesting discovery is one main entrance of those problem is those spaces that there were more peo- sports yard, but people are 100% public but very ple sitting along the road, who live nearby have to xenophobic. People will enjoy their coffee than who Make a use of differen hights travel around to the other feel uncomfortable of being sitting in a beautiful but for near-shot and long-shot views side to get in. Same thing there if they are not living very nature park. Perhaps also happened with the in the neighborhood. the park is a little bit too houses along the river, nature/wild to people to the river bank becomes enjoy. And, those shadows part of their back yard, of big trees and the lacking Permeate the landscape maxismize the view spots which blocks the view to of artificial facilities make the Spaarne. the park unfriendly. zipping the scattered city 29

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T I TaEaLr n e S o u t h SpDESIGN APPROACHThe approach is to use part structure of inner city, than 1 1collage the sight view analysis from the surroundings,grow low plants like grass and small pushes which willnot block the views, the last step is to create artificialfacilities to make the park more easy to enjoy. SLOPE PARK Slope park is an interesting park. The plants composed by grass, low pushes and small trees. The goal is to create visiable angels to Spaarne river as many as possible. At the same time it can be a quanlity green area to the community. The Slope makes the place more fun and enable the low land be- comes a water pool if the wate level rises. In Winter, when the water froze, it can be used as a skating rink. So the park is a mutiple function open space. sight inner artificail green SECTION 1-1 structure facilities slope30 zipping the scattered city

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I NT E L D U C T I O N TI TROThe river Spaarne cuts through Haarlem from North to South. In theprevious analysis of the city, the question was raised whether thesekinds of open areas in between the urban patches cause problems.In this section there will be zoomed in to the North of the Spaarne.The analysis will show that the diversity of urban patches is also A M A Mpresent on this lower scale. On the West a residential area, and onthe East an industrial area. Next, a method is shown on how to dealwith this diversity. How can the water function as a transition zonebetween the different patches on the East and West bank? This willbe shown, on the base of six principles, in an envelope vision ofSpaarne North.What do these principles look like spatially? Zooming in to a moredetailed masterplan will answer this question.Finally, an evaluation can be found, reconsidering the working methodand final products. A A The river Spaarne cuts through Haarlem The envelope Spaarne North32 zipping the scattered city

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S T R AT E G Y The goal is to add structure to Haarlem, by developing the open Method First an analysis is shown to proove that not only on the cityGoal spaces. On this lower scale it means that we need to improve scale there is a wide variety of urban fabrics, but also on this the relation of East and West by connecting both riversides to lower scale that is the case. the water. Then, the method to reach the goal is translated into six prin-Tool The Spaarne as transition zone between the urban patches is ciples. This will be shown in a vision. the tool to reach the goal. How will the Spaarne be used? That After that, we can see how this works spatially in a masterplan will be formulated in six principles that are on the base of the when zooming in more. The spatial qualities will also be shown envelope vision. in graphical impressions. Zipping the East and West bank together: using the Spaarne as a transition zone in between zipping the scattered city 33

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A N A LY S I S E A S T A N D W E S T A S D I V E R S E PAT C H E S O p e n s p a c e fo r m Ty p o l o g yWest: the open space directly at the East: the open space at the riverside West: the buildings shape the open East: the buildings are placed in theriverside is clearly defined by a con- is not clear defined. The form of the space, there is a low OSR. open space, there is a high OSR.sistent row of buildings. buildings is inconsistent. 34 zipping the scattered city

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6 PRINCIPLES Building on water Building along water Sight line towards water Fu t u re s i t u a t i o n In the form of house- Public space attracts Building o boats and bridges people to stay at there can be built on the waterside. This the water. In order to ensures a relation. be able to create a Spatially it creates Building along water Building on water road along the eastern cambers along the Sight line towards water Building al riverbank (principle 5), Public space along water linear Pedestrian and cycle path space of the Follow shape of waterbank two bridges need to be established in the Spaarne. The open along water middle and south part. Buildingon the water Living on water space is pulledalong the urban patch.Sightopen water water Building into water Car The line towards road along will be in the two branches on the East. space is as well part of the open space as part By building on the water, the urban fabric is of the urban fabric. mixed with the open space. Sight line t The urban fabric is an Th e ro a d s a re active space where a part of the open Public space along waterhappens. Bringingand cycle path lot Pedestrian Follow shape of p a c e a s w e l l s waterbank along water this urbanised space as of the urban Car road along water close to the water cre- fabric. Therefore ates a spatial relation Public space along water Pedestrian and cycle path it creates a tran- of waterbank Follow shape Building along water between the two. towards water Sight line sition between along water Public spa This in contrast with for example an unused Car road along water the t wo. This industrial area, that denies any relation with bankside road is the water. already present at the West, but will be estab- lished in the East, for pedestrians and cyclists. Building on water Building along water Sight line towards water Pedestrian It goes without Car road al saying that sight Fo l l ow i n g t h e g water Pedestrian and cycle path lines towards shape of waterbank Follow the shape of the along water water create spa- waterbank is Car road along water tial connections. copying the form A traditional of the space to way of building the urban fab- is applied in the ric. Using this Follow shawater Sight line towards water d e s i g n , w h i c h shape not only Public space along water Pedestrian and cycle path Follow shape of waterbank ensures that the sightalong water building lines cut the at the riverside, blocks into pieces. Car road along water but also further inland can create a new relation. zipping the scattered city 37

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C IRTU C I A L D E TA I L T EL Lo c a t i o n i n H a a r l e m M a s te r p l a nTo be able to show the spatial qualities of this approach, it is useful First, the plan will be explained as if it is a masterplan that stands onto work on a lower scale. The area for the masterplan was chosen on its own. Second it will be explained on the base of the six principles.a spot with new buildings on both the East and the West. But on eachother spot of the Spaarne North envelope, the approach to come to a This area is approximately 500 by 500 meters, 25 hectares. Industry indetailed masterplan would have been the same. the city is generally slowly shifting out of the city. For this approach in Haarlem this shifting is encouraged. But Haarlem has almost no places where this industry can shift to, so the use of the groundspace should be intensified. The Waarderpolder will be shifted to an area with a mixed function of dwellings and offices. How can dwellings be combined with offices and industry? The light industry will therefore be converted from wide, low buildings, to small, high buildings with parking lots underground. The industry should be surrounded by offices, since in most cases it is not allowed to build dwellings next to it. Next to the offices can be a mixture of offices and dwellings. All of this will be established within the frame of the six principles. Transformation of industrial buildings: intensify use of space38 zipping the scattered city

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C IRTU C I A L D E TA I LT ELMasterplan The new residential areas are developed with green surroundings. In Haarlem there is a lack of public green therefore it is good to always keep this in mind when designing public space. Some building blocks have an inner gar- den, but all blocks have an outer garden or private zone. This makes the transition zone between public and private. This ensures that the transition from the open space of the river to the public space around it to the actual dwellings is as sufficient as possible. zipping the scattered city 39

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C IRTU C I A L D E TA I L T EL Fu n c t i o n m a pIn the map of the functions can be seen how business iscombined with dwellings. When mixing these functions itis important to keep in mind the social control that thereis, after closing hours. Ideal the two functions would beorganised in a chess pattern, so that there is always a formof social control on the streets.There are 510 dwellings and approximately 50,000m2 ofoffices.In this area already exist some dwellings. There are a lot ofhouseboats, but also some detatched houses that seem lostbetween the industry. In this plan it becomes attatched tothe environment.40 zipping the scattered city

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T IR U C I A L D E TA I L C TEL E V A L U AT I O N Th e p ro j e c tSo far, the principles that are in the masterplan were not discussed yet. This project took eight weeks, so it is not possible to elaborate andThat shows that also without the principles and the foregoing vision, research anything as much as you would like. If I had more time I wouldthis could be a qualitative good plan. definitely take more time to research what principles could be used toIn the image below can be seen that the principles are there. This shows create a relation with the water. Literature studies and a comparisononly the new added principles. There is built on and along the water, of designs would have been useful. Now, I only took a quick look atthere are sightlines towards the water, public spaces and continuous Dutch cities with the same width of water running through. For theroads along the Spaarne, and the shape of the riverbank has been fol- time being however, it was effective.lowed. The industry of the Waarderpolder is very diverse. I did not have the time to research what the exact funtcions of the buildings are, whether the will disappear in 10-20 years and whether it is possible to build dwellings nearby. If I had more time I would have done that, but for the time being I made assumptions on what can and will disappear. M y p ro ce s s I found the project very interesting. After MSc2 it was very useful to finally get an introduction to urbanism and work on a lower scale (in comparison to Island IJsselmonde). Analysing the city went very well I think. With the group we came to interesting conclusions, and thanks to our teacher we focused very much on creating a coherent story combined with beautiful, legible maps. I myself like analysing very much, and also the theoratical approach is my cup of thee. When we had to switch to a desgin however, I had a bit of trouble. I cannot simply design something from scratch. I need a good base on which I can design. So when I got stuck in the process, I zoomed out again to reformulate and sharpen the principles. On that base I was able to design much better. Just draw, then you almost au- tomatically find out what is wrong or right.New added principles42 zipping the scattered city

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AMSTERDAMSEWEG Introduction Out of the analysis on city scales comes forward that Haarlem consists of a wide variety of so called patches. The open space provides conditions to structurate these patches. One of the open spaces is around the Amsterdamseweg. This infrastructural line developed trough the history from draft cannel where horses on a side road pull boats in the cannel to six lane car traffic nowadays. In combination with the Schipholweg (secondary A M entrance of Haarlem from out the Polder Haarlemmermeer) these two form the main entrances of Haarlem. Since they both consists of a more open space these could develop as green fingers towards the inner-city. Also where there is a lack of green in the inner-city itself it can bring in the landscape along these entrances. Connecting the green edge on the eastern part of Haarlem makes it a city structure of open spaces. A44 zipping the scattered city

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S T R AT E G Yconnecting patches via green structurating open space Strategy Goal From out the city vision is determined to connect surrounding patches via open space. This to structurate the variety of existing patches where Haarlem is rich of. Tool By adding a green structuring space the plot area can be designed. This green structuring space can hold the identity of the open space and transform in a transition zone between patches surrounding the area. Method By analyzing the existing situation strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats can be filtered. Based on this information new interventions are designed which support the goal to improve the connection between the patches. zipping the scattered city 45

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W H Y A N A LY S I S Analysis existing situation In the existing situation the Northern patch consists of light industry N program. The southern patch is programmed with dwellings. The patches are separated by an open space which is filled in with two infrastructural structures a high density road with a wide profile and a railway track. Programmatic the open space is filled in with a train maintenance workplace close to the inner-city and light industrial program in the eastern part of the plot area. Driving to Haarlem over the Amsterdamseweg the car driver sees a flyover, another flyover for pedestrians, open space and large light industrial existing route of road traffic and railwaytrack. volumes with metal claddings. All these features strengthen the patches isolation in the North-South direction. In the Northern part of the industrial area a new bridge is developed by the municipality of Haarlem. This gives potentials to distract the traffic from the Amsterdamseweg. In the area is a lot of open space which in not all clear defined or developed yet. This is an opportunity to add new structure which handles with the weaknesses of the large light industrial volumes. More specific the look of these volumes is mostly not that attractive to see and these volumes existing entrance area; Amsterdamseweg wide road have an inwards direction of the building organization. profile and pedestrian bridge. By distracting the main infrastructure lines (high density road and railway) the area is ready to be developed as a transition zone that connects the northern patch to the Southern patch. N W E S light industrial volumes plot area Amsterdamseweg zone Amsterdamseweg, railwaytrack and big grain size with metal claddings light industrial volumes.46 zipping the scattered city

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HOW TO REACH THE GOAL adaption of the railway track By moving the railway in the plot area underground the area becomes free of slicing lines which are hardly to pass. This is a highly expensive intervention but it will not only be effective for the plot area. This intervention makes it possible to develop the plot area in that way that it brings good conditions for the Northern and Southern patch as well. Due to connecting these patches via the transition zone the total area becomes more attractive and therefore interesting for investors in the future.bringing the railwaytrack under ground in the plot area adaption / distraction of the road structure Due to the resent development of the connecting bridge over the Spaarne River in the Northern part of Haarlem an opportunities comes forth to distract the high density traffic which is driving over the Amsterdamseweg. By this distraction of traffic the existing wide profile of the Amsterdamseweg can be adapted. Transforming this profile in a low density road (two lanes) in the dwelling area and a medium density road(four lanes) along the commercial area creates conditions for crossing in North-South direction.existing road structuredistraction of the road structure zipping the scattered city 47

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HOW TO REACH THE GOALspatial formIn spatial form the plot area consists of two different areas. A circulationspace near to the inner-city and a continuous space in the eastern partof the plot area. These formal condition are interpreted as a place to staywhich in translation means a dwelling area and park and a place to pass Ntranslated in a commercial boulevard.adding a strong tree structureBy adding a strong tree structure trough the open space and connectedto the green areas in the eastern and western part a continuous green circulation space and continuous space.element is developed. This structure gives a clear identity on the plotarea and connects the green spaces as a chain. Now users of the slowinfrastructure (bicyclist or pedestrians) can follow this structure towardsor outwards the city.informing program form out its bordersThe typology which is positioned along the borders of the plot area canspatial inform the new development areas. At the western side a smallgrain size informs the plot area. This condition can programmatic beentranslated as dwelling area which consists of also a small grain size. At theeastern part a bigger grain size inform the borders of the plot area. Theseare translated in a commercial program. In combination with the spatial adding a strong tree structure.form and the adaption of the road structure these three interventionsform a logical whole. informing new program fromout its borders.48 zipping the scattered city

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HOW TO REACH THE GOAL defining entrance The existing entrance is a follow up of infrastructural elements (wide road profile, railway track along, fly-over, pedestrian bridge), here and there a big light industrial volume with metal cladding and a lot of open space. Not really an entrance you should wish as a city. In the new situation the infrastructure is adapted (distraction road traffic by roundabout and underground railway track) also the build structure is supplemented. By adding a new ecoduct which connect the green edges along the build area North-South a clear dividing of program is realized. To explicit the entrance of Haarlem a marking building is placed right after the roundabout. By these interventions a new entrance develops; first you are driving trough the landscape than passing the ecoduct youdefining enterance. see the marking building which is announcing Haarlem. In front of it you can pass Haarlem by going right on the roundabout and by going straight ahead you are entering Haarlem. adding build volumes commercial zone N Border conditions along the commercial area inform the new development. By adding new volumes in the same direction (lightly twisted) in front of the existing volumes a new spatial view is designed. By giving these a higher quality cladding the view becomes more interesting. Due to position the new volumes not on one line but in a variety out of the middle line the volumes interlock the space around them. This composition makes also spatial the relation/connection between the patch in the northern partexisting build line. and the open space.interlocking space by composition creating new build line. zipping the scattered city 49

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HOW TO REACH THE GOALadding structure dwelling areaThe functional structure of the dwelling area is designed by picking upvisual and functional lines out of the borders. Due to this structure thenew plan makes a physical relation with its surrounding and thus betweenthe open space and the patch in the south. By adding physical lines inthirty degrees toward the main infrastructural line (Amsterdamseweg)the dwelling area develops as an open plan and in combination with thegreen tree structure as a green enclave. picking up visual and structural lines fromout the surrounding borders. N adding visual lines to create an open plan. Amsterdamsepoort picking up visual lines50 zipping the scattered city

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MASTERPLAN N 3D-SectionMasterplan AmsterdamsewegThis zone is designed based on the vision of pin nailing a green carpet to its surroundings. By adding a strong tree structure the open space patches east and west are connected.By redefining the fast grey infrastructures, making the railway track underground and distracting high density traffic around the zone, the base conditions for a green carpet are created.The borders of the zone determine which program should come into the green carpet based on the grain size of surrounding volumes are that dwellings and commercial volumes. Herebya logical connection to the surrounding borders/patches is shaped.Sight lines make a connection north – south for example to the Amsterdamsepoort and from the dwelling area to the park. Due to these aspects the surrounding patches are psychicallyconnected to the plot area. By adding slow grey structures in the form of bicycle and pedestrian routes real connections to the surrounding area are created.The composition of the new added commercial program interlocks the existing volumes to the plot area/open space. In this way the relation between the two spaces comes to stand.Functional inner courts in the dwelling area with car parking and backyards result in streets free of car parking. These strengthen the green carpet as a whole. zipping the scattered city 51

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T IA E L E R P L A N M TST 3D-Section Within the designed structure of the dwelling area building blocks are designed. These are faced outwards but functional pointed inwards. In the inner courts is the backyard and the parking facility designed. Due to this composition the streets in the dwelling area are free of parked cars. This strengthens the openness of the dwelling area. 3D-SectionAmsterdamseweg - new dwellings faced outwards with functional innercour - railwaytrack on slopeAmsterdamseweg - new dwellings faced towards the park - underground railway trackAmsterdamseweg - new commercial area52 zipping the scattered city

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I MT ER E S S I O N S TI P LDue to the use of a functional inner court the streets are kept free of In the new situation the visitor enters Haarlem by passing an ecoductparked cars. Hereby the streets have an open and green character. (which has a green-, pedestrian- and bicyclist connection) after this Haalem will show up by a clear build line and a marking building in front.A slow grey connection transports pedestrians and bicyclist from the The dwelling area consists of housing blocks which are faced outwards.inner-city through the park, via the commercial green zone to the land- The functional part is situated at the inner court. Here are the backyardsscape edge or Amsterdam city. and cars parked. zipping the scattered city 53

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E V A L U AT I O NMaster plan vs. city visionFrom out the master plan interventions can be placed towards the cityvision (button up).The adaption of the railway track and distraction of the road structures A Mare important to the city scale and city vision.The east – west green structure on city scale and on plan scale the slowgrey structure (pedestrian and bicyclist) in north – south direction can beimbedded in the city vision.Points of attentionIn the project less attention is given to the overflow knots. In my opinionthese are crucial to make the plan work because at these points the Aconnection fails or succeeds.Another point is the closer scale on street level. Here the details canstrengthen the plan as a whole. In the project I didn’t work much on thisscale.As for myself I notion that I have problems with losing in detailing stuffwhich is not important to the content of scale I’m working on. Due to this C i t y Vi s i o n R e f i n e d C i t y Vi s i o nI lose a lot of time without going forwards. This is a point where I have towork on or pay attention to in future projects.54 zipping the scattered city

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T I TH IL H O L W E G SC E P East entrance of Haarlem Introduction The east edge of Haarlem has two entrances, the Amsterdamseweg and the Schipholwel. The fo- cus of this masterplan lies on the area around the Schipholweg. Out of the cityscale analysis can be concluded that Haarlem has a lot of different urban patches that A M separate the city. The city needs structure in this variaty of urban patches. The open space can pro- vide the conditions to structurise the city of Haar- lem. The open space around the Schipholweg can pro- vide the conditions to zip Schalkwijk to the scat- tered city. Reorganizing the open space around the Schipholweg brings structure to this part of the city that has influence on the hole city form of Haarlem. The green structure will be used to connect the A urban city with the green city of Haarlem. The east border of Haarlem stores a lot of different green- functions. The open space between the urban pat- terns suggest seperation and isolation of urban fragments. Focus The space around the Schipholweg can store new dwelling program and new slow/fast infrastructure connection.56 zipping the scattered city

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S T R AT E G Y SCHIPHOLWEG ZONE: ZIPP SCHALKWIJK TO THE CITY BY USING THE OPEN SPACE.Goal Reorganize the Open Space around the Schiphol weg to zip Schalkwijk to the scattered city of Haarlem, and bring structure this district.Tools Adding new program and changing the existing program. Connections between city and landscape. Seaerating slow and fast infrastructure to create a continues line through the green zone. C ro s s i n g sMethod Reorganization of the existing program between the Schipholweg and the Boerhaavelaan. Create new connections and improve the existing connec tions between the urban city and the green city of Haarlem. Co n n e c t i o n s O p e n S p a ce H ow to re a c h t h e G o a l zipping the scattered city 57

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A N A LY S I SHaarlem Existing Situation The existing functions in the Open Space is fragmentating the city form the landscape. The undivined space has no function that is situated along an important entrance road of Haarlem. The sport- functions and allotments separating Schalkwijk from the eastern part of Haarlem. Reorganizing Open Space & City Green By reorganizing the functions in the Open Space, creates space for a new potential development area. The Sportfunctions will be relocated to the undivined space in the existing situation. The new sportfunction can collaborate with the swimming pool andExisting situation R e o rg a n i z i n g O p e n S p a ce & C i t y G re e n hostipal as a sport and revalidation centre. The allotments are re- located under the existing allotments in the green edge of Haar- lem. By concentrating the allotments together potentials for new program are created. New Development Area The new development area creates the possibility to reconnect the city with the landscape. How to fill in the new development will be determined by the connecting factor to zip the urban city with the green city. Slow Infrastructure connections New slow infrastructural connections connect the city with the landscape without disturbing the fast infrastructural connections.N e w D e ve l o p m e n t A re a S l ow I n f r a s t r u c t u re Co n n e c t i o n s By creating new connections the green city becomes more open for inhabitants of the city. The new connections bring structure to the green city of Haarlem in a way that all the green functions are accesable by people. Green structure connections By extending the existing tree-structure and changing the street- profiles by adding more green, we create a clear routing trough the city. On the scale of the neighbourhood the green will be used to connect the city with bigger green structure. Conclusions All the new connections provide the potentials to zip the scat- tered city together by using program, green, blue and gray struc-G re e n s t r u c t u re tures. zipping the scattered city 59

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CONCLUSION VISION MAP East entrance of Haarlem Reconnected to the landscape Visionplan Schipholweg Reorganizing and reconnecting the existing city by a new development area, has influence to the city form of Haarlem. The open space is not longer separating the city in different fragments, but is used as a zipper to zip the scattered fragment of the city together. Structurizing the open space makes the green zones of the city more acccesible, quality and potentials. The green edge of Haarlem get’s a boots by the new and improved connections. The city of Haarlem become attractive again for tourist, because of the potentials of the Open Space and the connectings with the city.60 zipping the scattered city

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MASTERPLAN S c h i p h o l we g The Masterplan shows how to deal with the area around the Schipholweg. The undivined area to the north of the hospital is now filled in with sport functions. This area will function as a sport and revalidation centre. A collaboration between swimming pool, Soccer club, Baseball club and hospital can do this. Relocating the allotments to the east of Schalkwijk next to the existing allotments in the green zone. create a new development space for new program. This space will function as the zipper to connect Schalkwijk with the landscape of Haarlem. The park in the neighbourhood is the green connection between the urban city and the green city. The new dwelling program stores a part of the dwelling program of the city of Haarlem. A diverse variaty of housing typologies create a diverse liging environment. With new and improved connections brings quality to the neighbourhood.62 zipping the scattered city

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C R U C I A L D E TA I L Masterplan NodeThe masterplan in based on the idea of zipping Haar- The Zoomed-In node shows how the city is connectedlem together by bringing structure to the open spaces. to the landscape. The tree structure in the neighbour- hood gives direction and a nice living environment.In this way the patterns of Haarlem will be recontected The tree structure connects to the open green spaceto the underlaying landscape and to the city as a hole. of the neighbourhood that is connected to the bigger green structure of the city.The stamp that is made by man, by building Schalk-wijk, on top of the landscape without concidering the The new diversity of dwelling can bring new people tolandscape, is why Schalkwijk is disconnected from the Schalkwijk. The diversity has something for everybody.city. The family homes are provided with a lot of green space in the area what will attract families with chil-The new masterplan will function as the structure to dren to the neighbourhood. The row houses and dou-reconnect the city with the landscape. The transforma- ble homes also gives a choise in the way of living. Section 2tion of the green zone will have influence to the cityform. The primary school is located at the egde of the green sstructuren in the neighbourhood. In this way the school can organize a lot of outdoor excursions. The slow infrastructure of the green zone make it a save area for children to play in. The fast infrastructure is not crossing the green zone. If poeple want to enjoy the green, they are stimulated to use the bike or walk trough it which is good for there health. The water storage in the park is used to store rainwa- ter. The new neighbourhood will have a gray water Section 2 system what is good for the environment. The fluctua- tion in the waterlevel creates each time a new land- scape. The grasland on the waterbanks will change by the fluctuation of the water. The slow infrastructure network trough the park can be the tool for all the other green zones in the city to make them good accesible and good to use by the inhabitants of the city. Section 2 64 zipping the scattered city

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I L L U S T R AT I O N SMasterplanG r ay w a t e r s t o r a g e G re e n co n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d Gray water storage The lake has the function as gray water storage. In this way there is a lot of fluctuation in the waterlevel which make that the nature in the park is changing during time. Green connection with the neighbourhood The green zone is part of the neighbourhood. From your home you can enter the green zone which brings you to the larger scale park in the neighbourhood that continues in the green structure of Haarlem. Slow infrastructure routes The green zones will be provided by a good network of slow infrastruc- ture of byciclepaths and sidewalks for pedestrians. By creating a good network with a good accesibility between the urban city and the green city of Haarlem let people realy enjoy the landscape of the city.S l ow i n f r a s t r u c t u re ro u t e s zipping the scattered city 65

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E V A L U AT I O N The vision for the Schipholweg can be interpret for the total vi- sion of Haarlem. The green structure is use to zipp the different urban patterns together to make the city as a hole. Connections are very important to make the city important again for new in- habitants and tourist that come to the city. A M By connecting the greenstructure we connect two different land- scapes together. The dune landscape on the west created by na- ture true time and on the east the polder landscape created by man. On the lower scale the urban landscape is connecting with the city green landscape. The slow infrastructure network functions as the active connector between the urban and cityg green landscape. The accesibility of the green zone creates a better living environment and answers A the need for more green in the city. Inhabitants enter the green- structure that brings them through whole city. The variaty of different green zones makes it also interesting to walk or cycle through it. City and landscape becoming one again after the detatchement of the city after the 2e World War. C i t y Vi s i o n R e f i n e d C i t y Vi s i o n To conclude; making use of the potentials of the Open Space, that can function as the missing link, to zipp the scattered city togeth- er. Reconnected to the landscape Vi s i o n S c h i p h o l we g66 zipping the scattered city

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REFINED VISION After elaborating the envelopes on a smaller scale, we are able to refine the vision that we made on the whole city. The most important change are the infrastructural routes, drawn in orange. The road on the North- west bank of the Spaarne can be downgraded, thanks to the new road from the Amsterdamseweg through the Waarderpolder. Furthermore the entrance point of Haarlem were reconsidered. And the image is changed graphically to make it easier to understand. O r i gi n a l c i t y v i s i o n A M vision underground railway connecting high density traffic roads A transfer from high to low density traffic roads slow grey structure bicycles connecting patches by vision development in open space underground railway connecting patches by design in patches connecting high blue Spaarne transition density traffic roads zone transfer from high to low green transition zone density traffic roads slow grey structure bicycles connecting green patches as a chain by slow infra connecting patches by development in open space city entrance markers68 connecting patches by design in patches zipping the scattered city

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T IETFELLE C T I O N R Robin BoelsumsRuud HoekstraI think Ruud is a good urbanist, especially when I consider the factthat this was his first project in urbanism. He is critical to himself, he iseager to learn and also able to learn very quickly. With this attitude heunfolds himself quickly and he can come far.Richard de RuiterI know Richard from a project of MSc2. We are both people who like tohave an overview on what we are working on, so in advance I expectedthis could lead to discussions and disgreements. Nothing was fartherfrom the thruth, we could work together very well. He is a hard workerand talks easy in front of public. I think he could learn more if he wouldbe a bit more critical to his own work.Qiu YeI think it is a good thing that she can be critical to the work and canhave a clear view on all aspects we should consider. However, with thelittle experience she has, she can not estimate what is possible in thetime frame. Her work attitude is very different from ours and I foundthis a big problem in the cooperation. She was negligent and did notshow willingness to make efforts for the group.GroupThe cooperation with the guys was very effective. With Qiu Ye it was abit harder, although she could shake us awake when we were overlook-ing something, which was useful.We had a lot of good discussions, and could also laugh together. It wasgreat that the guys and I all liked to work at the faculty, so we saw eachother every day. All little things could be talked about easily, this madethe cooperation succesful.Tutor PhD can. Steffen NijhuisSteffen focused on good analysis, with a consistent story and beautiful, legibleimages. I liked working that way. He gave useful comments, and made aneffort to keep the group motivated.Sometimes I had the feeling that he wanted to steer the student in a certaindirection. I felt he was unconsiously not so openminded for differentdirections.70 zipping the scattered city

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REFLECTIONRuud HoekstraRobin Boelsums Since he has a history as landscape designer this discipline comes back in theTrustable person, hard working individual designs.Working along the big Lines and later in dept detailing. This way of working In the past then weeks we had a tutor who motivates you to continuesaves a lot of time and makes Robin a very effective person. In the visual whether it goes ‘bad’ or ‘good’. A tutor who was calm and a listener to yourpresentation some improvements can be made. These are effective but in ideas, after a presentation with a written reflection on your work. In all thisthe visual content can these improve the story. we’ve developed a strong set of tools for analyzing in future projects.Richard de RuiterA hard worker where you can rely on. Make appointments and sticks to itwhen necessary.Also a strong point is to conclude or summarize the data to overlook theprocess. In this way of working the missing links can be found or by doing astep backwards the good direction can be chosen.A natural speaker and good in presenting oral. A point of attention can be thevisual aspects of the contents. If these are just as good as the oral presentationit will strengthen each other and lift the total to a higher level.Qiu YeA person who is critical to the content. In this way unclear parts come aboveand later can be adapted to make a coherent story.Not always following appointments and in the last part of the studio mostleynot present for the group work. Sometimes a bit cocky which has two sidesa positive side to not just accept what is told but rejecting questions andso making things sharp. On the other side it becomes a barrier by hardlyaccepting thoughts which can result in a weaker content since critics are notimbedded in it.As a groupWe could work professional to each other. There was time for critics and timefor a laugh. Two members who already did a master studio and therefore Icould learn a lot from them.A lot of input from tree group members and unfortunately one groupmember that was hardly present the 2nd part of the studio. There was hardlyinput from Qui ye in the general parts of the final presentation, posters andbooklet.Tutor PhD can. Steffen NijhuisSteffen Nijhuis teaches how to do analyses based on form. Also we werepointed at the relation between build environment and landscape the twoanalyses combined shows interesting relations in the history of the content. zipping the scattered city 71

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REFLECTIONR i c h a rd d e R u i t e r G ro u pwo r k & G ro u p m e m b e r sResearch & Design Studio AR1U090. The groupwork:Reflecting to the R&D Studio and looking to the Study goals: As a group we had some struggle in a way of communication with one of our groupmember. As a group we made a nice project on which i think we1. Be able to critically understand the defining components of can be proud of. We realy focused on the purpose of this studio. Identify a given city using different analytical techniques the spatial characteristics of the city and make a urbanplan out of it. We2. Be able to identify positive spatial characteristics and diag have discussed on a professional level to another, everybody good have nose urban problems with respect to urban form his input during the discussions. Unfortunately we made the booklet with3. Be able to experiment possible transformations of city form the 3 of us, that also is showned in the work of the booklet. The input of using the method of research-by-design Qiu Ye is maybe 5% and that can not be right in my eyes.4. Be able to develop a city master plan addressing the trans formation of the key components Robin van Boelsums:5. Be able to resolve the proposal at city scale to the level of It was very pleasent to work together with Robin. I know Robins work its component parts and its critical details out of the Master 2, that we both have done already I wanted to work6. Be able to position the proposal within the larger spatial together with Robin because of her analytical qualities and approaches. context of a given city From that i knew in the beginning i could learn from her on that point. I7. Develop an understanding of the environmental issues would like to work with you anytime. relating to the development of sustainable city form8. Be able to use apply proper visualization techniques of Ruud Hoekstra: urbanism and urban landscape; and sufficient presentation His first project in the Masters of Urbanism and i think he did well. In the skills beginning he was a little bit scared i think for the scale but that changed9. Be able to relate the urban proposals to relevant historical rapidly. I work together with Ruud almost during the hole project. It was and theoretical framework pleasent to work together with him. If i may give you an advise: also try10. Be able to work efficiently in group and independently by to make the design the other way around. First draw and than analysis individual. the design. You will see you come to different thinks. Good luck during your Masters of Urbanism and your are welcome anytime to work with me.If I look back to the Study goals for this quarter in the Masters ofUrbanism, i think i have reached the most of them. By making the Qiu Ye:analysis of the historical development and the relation to the land- The communication during the project was difficult, that had to do withscape and infrastructure, i could understand the city form and the two thinks i believe: 1) the present during the groupwork in the studio,different spacial characters of the city. i had the feeling you wanted to work more on your own. 2) The commu- nication over the content was hard because of your present / absence. IIf i look to the presentation skills i have learned a lot this project. would suggest for the future, if the group meats at a surtain time, pleaseThe workshop where very helpfull, so thanks for that. Also i would make sure you are also their on time. Sometime that was a problem andlike to thank my groupmembers for learning me new things and we had to do the group discussion twice. I wish you al the best in yourtricks in the different Adobe programs. study of Urbanism.Looking to my zoomed-in masterplan, i would liked to had more time Tutor Steffen Nijhuis PhD-can.:for it. I wanted to go more into dept in understanding different liv- I would like to thank Steffen Nijhuis for his knowhow and input duringing environments and the use of green and water in different scales. this project. His approache as a Landscape Architect was very interesting. He showed how to analysis the importance of understanding the city on its underlaying landscape. Steffen thanks and i hope to work with you again sometime in the future.72 zipping the scattered city